The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available. (The total number of authorized officer positions for the department has remained roughly the same since 2012.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes $3  million from SHA in both 2022-23 and 2023-24 for Caltrans to implement Chapter  308 of 2021 (SB  339, Wiener), which requires the state to conduct a road charge pilot program that tests revenue collection.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The June 2021 budget estimated the state would be required to make deposits totaling $4.5  billion across 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Under the Governor ’s budget, the required deposits in those years increase to nearly $6.7  billion and the state makes an additional $3.1  billion deposit in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - Figure 3 Budget Plan Relies on Lease Revenue Bonds for Field Office Replacements (In Millions) 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 2023 ‑24
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - Budget trailer legislation adopted as part of the 2021 ‑22 budget package —Chapter  81 of 2021 (A B  149 , Committee on Budget) —requires Caltrans to report to the Legislature on the outcomes of CCLGP projects, as well as state beautification projects, as part of the 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The budget provides $475  million from the General Fund in 2021 ‑22 for the Clean California Initiative. The initiative also includes an additional $475  million in 2022 ‑23 and $146  million in 2023 ‑24, for a total of $1.1  billion over a three-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - In 2021,  CHP began collecting statewide data on other forms of violent crime on the state highway system, such as non ‑shooting homicides and thrown objects. CHP  reported 355 of these types of crimes in 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Notably, however, the administration ’s multiyear estimates include a negative SFEU balance of $6  billion in 2022 ‑23. Despite Sizeable Surplus, Governor Maintains Borrowing and Reserve Withdrawals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Recent budgets have allocated or planned tens of billions of dollars for one ‑time or temporary spending purposes in 2021 ‑22, 2022 ‑23, and 2023 ‑24. The Legislature can select an entirely different set of spending solutions to address the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - These new positions, along with the recently appointed Inspector General, will launch the office, which was created by Chapter  71 of 2022 (SB  198, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review). The budget package also includes trailer legislation to make technical amendments to Chapter  71 and facilitate the successful startup of the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925